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• n  an abundance of material possessions and resources
• n  people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group)

• Just as he is named the world's richest man, the Mexican plutocrat finds his market dominance under new scrutiny.
• His life was the embodiment of one who moves from rags to riches, from anonymity to internationally imitated innovator.
• Abraham was rewarded for his deception with gifts and riches.

• wealth
• rich people
• rich

• poor_people
• poor

News & Articles

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• Public turns out to boost Smoot efforts
  PARKERSBURG - More than 100 people turned out to support the Smoot Theatre Friday evening during the Rags to Riches Benefit Party.
  June 22, 2013 - Parkersburg News and Sentinel
• NBA Finals 2013: Heat fans bask in the glory of another championship
  It's easier to paint with a broad brush on the Internet, so Miami Heat fans have unfortunately been portrayed as a monolithic group of spoiled bandwagon followers that don't properly appreciate the greatness of their team. The Heat do provide an embarrassment of riches, so it's easy to go overboard.
  June 21, 2013 - Philly.com
• Insight: Who wants to bet on a 'Nicaragua Canal'?
  By Ivan Castro and Lomi Kriel MANAGUA/PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - For centuries since the colonization of the New World, entrepreneurs have dreamed of building a canal spanning Nicaragua to make it easier to tap Asia's riches. Sixteenth century Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes yearned to cleave the isthmus, and ever since, French, American and Dutch financiers have all made abortive, Quixotic ...
  June 20, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Vladimir Putin in International Herald Tribune
  There are those who, skillfully using pseudo-democratic rhetoric, would like to return to the recent past - some to loot the country's national riches, to rob the people and the state; others to strip us of economic and political independence,...
• Ron Chernow in International Herald Tribune
  Wall Street is not at the moment a street of riches, but of ruin and broken dreams,attendee Ron Chernow, a business historian and former book award winner, told The Associated Press. "We're having cocktails and wearing tuxedos, and it...